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Notebook

Our documentation of activities, labs, and lectures for each day.

November 22nd, 2013

Mission Statement	We wanted to implement a new attendance sign-in setup, announce participation consent forms (principle consent form), and organize sub-teams.
Meeting Overview	We started by electronically taking attendance and introducing the two sub-teams. All members were allowed to choose their sub-teams (may cut down R&D later). We talked about fundraising because of the December 31st deadline of registration and payment. Additionally we came up with a couple of possible fundraising ideas which include: Hot chocolate sales after school on a winter day Snow-hat sales ShopRite Bagging It was also the last “introductory” meeting. We announced the deadline for leadership applications which were due Wednesday, November 27 and we also reminded members to fill out consent forms.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	We planned to come up with an idea for fundraising and collect all the participation consent forms. During the meeting, we collected and finished the members' principle consent forms.
Other Notes	After the last meeting, we encouraged members to pursue financial backing from local sponsors. If they found any potential ones, they had to send iGEM write-ups to them. Thus, we found sponsors quite quickly and focused on small companies in Montgomery. In addition, we checked with the supervisor to see whether he had any ideas or grants.

December 13th, 2013

Mission Statement	We aimed to effectively organize the team and keep progressing with the fundraising and sponsorship efforts, as well as assemble the 2013-2014 board members.
Meeting Overview	We began the meeting by announcing the 2013/2014 board members, followed by a presentation of a video about synthetic biology to help members understand the importance of the team and as well as the basics of biological sciences since they have never been exposed to the knowledge. The team will consist of the board as well as two sub-teams. The board collected member emails and planned fundraising events for the registration fee.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	We hoped to start teaching the basics of synthetic biology, organizing the ShopRite bagging fundraiser, creating online accounts for everyone, and cleaning up attendance lists. The majority of the meeting was devoted to polishing up last minute issues and building the foundation for the team.

December 20th, 2013

Mission Statement	We aimed to design a biological circuit from DNA sequence.
Meeting Overview	We received confirmation from ShopRite about our fundraiser. The college advisor, Gavin, from Purdue University came in to discuss synthetic biology and safety regulations. The R&D team learned how to use micropipettes while the Operations Sub-team discussed fundraiser ideas. .
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	We aimed to organize and execute the ShopRite bagging fundraiser.

January 17th, 2014

Mission Statement	We aimed to become more knowledgeable the basics of synthetic biology, including DNA sequencing, promoters, and plasmids. Additionally, we made it a goal to become organized for the future.
Meeting Overview	The meeting began with a presentation on synthetic biology. We discussed cutting down the R&D team, introduced plasmids and gene cloning, and explained the Operations Sub-team structure. We also researched the wiki websites.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	There were two goals for the meeting: we went over the lab procedure for the pGLO lab and established a bank account for Montgomery iGEM.
Other Notes	We created a curriculum for the next few weeks, began discussing T-shirt designs and organized a board meeting at the Princeton Public Library on Sunday, 1/19/14. During the board meeting, we finalized the lab practical test and had people do a mock examination to gauge its level of difficulty.

January 24th, 2014

Mission Statement	We aimed to teach members about the pGLO Lab and the specifics of the procedure.
Meeting Overview	We explained how the iGEM Google Drive folders worked and showed a bacterial transformation video. We ran a Q&A session. Each member had to demonstrate knowledge of the steps of the pGLO lab through the laboratory practical.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	We will understand the process of bacterial transformation and introduce laboratory techniques
Other Notes	We announced the t-shirt design competition to the members, saying that the deadline was February 14th. The t-shirt design winner would receive a free t-shirt.

January 31th, 2014

Mission Statement	We wanted to go over the pGLO lab technique and properly inform team members of all safety procedures.
Meeting Overview	We reviewed the aseptic technique and the pGLO lab and went over how to clean a Bunsen Burner (if metal use plastic loop).
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	We accomplished the pGLO lab successfully without contaminating the chemicals and learned to make our own plasmids to put into bacteria.

February 3rd, 2014

Mission Statement	We continued preparations for the pGLO Lab.
Meeting Overview	Members reviewed how the the lab procedure would be conducted and also reviewed how the plasmid would be affected during the process.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	There were shipping complications with the materials that prevented us from carrying out the lab. Thus, we had to do the lab next meeting.

February 20th, 2014

Mission Statement	We changed the dynamics of iGEM by facilitating team bonding activities. Furthermore, we administered the lab practical.
Meeting Overview	We collected t-shirt money which provided the funding for our materials, and Robert gave a speech on dynamics which gave constructive criticism and promoted better cooperation within the team. There was a Q&A session about the lab practical and iGEM.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	We prepared for pGLO lab once again by gathering materials and reviewing the lab.
Other Notes	It should be noted that ShopRite bagging is taking place in March. We also needed to take the yearbook soon and noted that the meetings were mandatory.

March 7th, 2014

Mission Statement	We finished the pGLO lab today. Additionally, we also organized the Operations team by designating tasks among logistics, tech, and science factions.
Meeting Overview	We formatted the team organization, finalized acne project description, and administered the practice lab documentations. Board member profile pictures for the team Wiki page were also taken.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	We started DNA ligation lessons and researched more on the acne project.
Other Notes	We started website structure, headed by the Systems Manager.

March 14th, 2014

Mission Statement	We played an icebreaker to unify the team, which included bonding over common interests, went over lab results, and did post-lab calculations.
Meeting Overview	We went over t-shirt sizes, reviewed team members' names and favorite Pokemon, went over results from pGLO lab, counted number of colonies growing under UV light, and calculated the transformation efficiency.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	We will learn about DNA ligation.
Other Notes	Although some students failed because of mislabeling and contamination, they worked hard on the lab.

March 14th, 2014

Mission Statement	We played an icebreaker to unify the team, went over lab results, and did post-lab calculations.
Meeting Overview	We went over t-shirt sizes, reviewed team members' names and favorite Pokemon, went over results from pGLO lab, counted number of colonies growing under UV light, and calculated transformation efficiency.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	We will learn about DNA ligation.
Other Notes	Lab results turned out to be rather favorable despite the failed attempts by some of the students.

March 21th, 2014

Mission Statement	We aimed to learn about DNA Ligation.
Meeting Overview	We received a lesson on DNA Ligation from Mr.Resch, detailing the scientific aspects including sticky ends, blunt ends, and restriction enzymes among others.

April 4th, 2014

Mission Statement	We continued research on project.
Meeting Overview	We continued researching appropriate promoters, ribosome binding sites, and terminators on the iGem registry.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	We will receive a lesson on mathematical modeling from Dr. Fishman.

April 11th, 2014

Mission Statement	We had a presentation of mathematical modeling by Dr. Fishman, our school's AP calculus teacher
Meeting Overview	Dr. Fishman came to the meeting for an overview of mathematical modeling by introducing differential equations, differentiation, and logarithmic functions. Also, R&D researched further for an enzyme that would break down fatty acids.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	We hope to further understand mathematical modeling.

May 30th, 2014

Mission Statement	We wanted to refine the Team Wiki and order the materials for our project.
Meeting Overview	Board Members and other juniors gathered to finalize the Wiki page as well as take care of materials. We all continued researching promoters and ribosomal binding sites for our project.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	We continued progressing through the steps needed to finalize the project and synthesize our desired protein.

June 2nd, 2014

Mission Statement	We administered t-shirts, and went over ideas and further planning.
Meeting Overview	We distributed team t-shirts, went over upcoming deadlines, brainstormed poster ideas, and began planning the layout for the poster.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	We will assign tasks for the poster to different members as well as begin working on the poster.

June 14th, 2014

Mission Statement	We aimed to make as much progress on the Wiki as well as the poster.
Meeting Overview	Board Members worked on adding information and editing the wiki. We also streaked bacteria onto agar plates to grow so that we will have more of the plasmids inside them. We were also able to continue to add content to the poster.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	Our first priority was to continue to finalize the Wiki and poster.

June 16th, 2014

Mission Statement	We grew culture cells and did lab prep in addition to working on the team website.
Meeting Overview	Team members grew cells in culture tubes and worked in parallel with starting the mini prep. We know that this is out of protocol but we decided to take a two-pronged approach in order to increase efficiency as deadlines are rapidly approaching. Additionally, other team members worked on sorting through team photos and editing/contributing to the team wiki. In terms of the presentation, voice-overs were recorded today and we began editing the final presentation.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	We will continue with the mini prep and move on to restriction digestion if possible.

June 17-18th, 2014

Mission Statement	Our goals are to both finish the lab, and the poster/video presentations.
Meeting Overview	Team members finished the mini prep, restriction digestion, ligation,and transformation. We have finally achieved our finished product!We're very excited to test it out tomorrow. Additionally, members completed our poster while our video editing team has finished the video presentation. We have begun preparations to ship the poster out by this weekend and are excited to finally showcase all the work we've done this year!
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	Study final project by testing it under UV light. Additionally, we will ship the poster next meeting.

June 19th, 2014

Mission Statement	Our goal was to finish up the transformation, incubate the cell cultures and make progress on the video/poster.
Meeting Overview	Team members finished the transformation and even dedicated their time during final examinations. We have finally achieved our finished product and it only pends evaluation the next day. Now we turn our sights onto the website and poster presentation, in order to finish up all work for the season
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	Study final project by testing it under UV light. Additionally, we will ship the poster next meeting.

June 20th, 2014

Mission Statement	Our goals are to evaluate the cell cultures and make our final conclusions for the season
Meeting Overview	Team members evaluated the growth of cell cultures under UV light. Unfortunately, we found that our mechanism was ultimately a failure, as not a single colony displayed the GFP we had put as the signaling molecule
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting	Finish up the poster and presentation with correct information.

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 ==November 22nd, 2013==
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+Additionally we came up with a couple of possible fundraising ideas which include:
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-- Snow-hat sales
+* Hot chocolate sales after school on a winter day
-- ShopRite Bagging
+* Snow-hat sales
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+It was also the last “introductory” meeting. We announced the deadline for leadership applications which were due Wednesday, November 27 and we also reminded members to fill out consent forms.
 |-
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 | We planned to come up with an idea for fundraising and collect all the participation consent forms.
-Finished principle consent form
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-| If members tried to look for sponsors, they had to send iGEM write-ups to them.
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 In addition, we checked with the supervisor to see whether he had any ideas or grants.
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 ==December 13th, 2013==
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 |-
 ! width="140" |Meeting Overview
-| We began the meeting by announcing the 2013/2014 board members, followed by showing a video about synthetic biology to help members understand the importance of the team. The team will consist of the board as well as two sub-teams. The board collected emails and planned for fundraising and registration.
+| We began the meeting by announcing the 2013/2014 board members, followed by a presentation of a video about synthetic biology to help members understand the importance of the team and as well as the basics of biological sciences since they have never been exposed to the knowledge. The team will consist of the board as well as two sub-teams. The board collected member emails and planned fundraising events for the registration fee.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
-| We hoped to start teaching the basics of synthetic biology, organizing the ShopRite bagging fundraiser, creating online accounts for everyone, and cleaning up attendance lists.
+| We hoped to start teaching the basics of synthetic biology, organizing the ShopRite bagging fundraiser, creating online accounts for everyone, and cleaning up attendance lists. The  majority of the meeting was devoted to polishing up last minute issues and building the foundation for the team.
 |-
 |}
 ==December 20th, 2013==
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
 |-
 ! width="140" |Mission Statement
-|We designed biological circuit from DNA sequence
+|We aimed to design a biological circuit from DNA sequence.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Meeting Overview
-| We received confirmation from ShopRite. The college advisor, Gavin from Purdue University came in to discuss synthetic biology and safety regulations. The R&D team learned how to use micropipettes while the operations discussed fundraiser ideas. .
+| We received confirmation from ShopRite about our fundraiser. The college advisor, Gavin, from Purdue University came in to discuss synthetic biology and safety regulations. The R&D team learned how to use micropipettes while the Operations Sub-team discussed fundraiser ideas. .
 |-
 ! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
-| ShopRite bagging fundraiser
+| We aimed to organize and execute the ShopRite bagging fundraiser.
 |-
 |}
 ==January 17th, 2014==
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
 |-
 ! width="140" | Mission Statement
-| We learned information and became organized for the future.
+|We aimed to become more knowledgeable the basics of synthetic biology, including DNA sequencing, promoters, and plasmids. Additionally, we made it a goal to become organized for the future.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Meeting Overview
-|  The meeting began with a presentation on synthetic biology. We discussed cutting down the R&D team, introduced plasmids and gene cloning, and explained the operations team structure. We also researched wiki websites.
+|The meeting began with a presentation on synthetic biology. We discussed cutting down the R&D team, introduced plasmids and gene cloning, and explained the Operations Sub-team structure. We also researched the wiki websites.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
-| There were two goals: we went over the lab procedure for the pGLO lab and we established a bank account for Montgomery iGEM.
+| There were two goals for the meeting: we went over the lab procedure for the pGLO lab and established a bank account for Montgomery iGEM.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Other Notes
-|   We created a  curriculum for the next few weeks, began discussing T-shirt designs and organized a board meeting at the Princeton Public Library on Sunday, 1/19/14.
+| We created a  curriculum for the next few weeks, began discussing T-shirt designs and organized a board meeting at the Princeton Public Library on Sunday, 1/19/14.  During the board meeting, we finalized the lab practical test and had people do a mock examination to gauge its level of difficulty.
 |-
 |}
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 ==January 24th, 2014==
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
 |-
 ! width="140" | Mission Statement
-|Teach members about pGLO Lab.
+|We aimed to teach members about the pGLO Lab and the specifics of the procedure.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Meeting Overview
-|  We explained how the iGEM google drive folders work and showed a bacterial transformation video. We ran a Q&A session. Each member had to demonstrate knowledge of the steps of the pGLO lab.
+|  We explained how the iGEM Google Drive folders worked and showed a bacterial transformation video. We ran a Q&A session. Each member had to demonstrate knowledge of the steps of the pGLO lab through the laboratory practical.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
@@ Line 90: / Line 101: @@
 |-
 ! width="140" |Other Notes
-|  T-shirt design should be done by Feb 14th. Design winner gets free t-shirt
+| We announced the t-shirt design competition to the members, saying that the deadline was February 14th. The t-shirt design winner would receive a free t-shirt.
 |-
 |}
 ==January 31th, 2014==
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
 |-
 ! width="140" | Mission Statement
-| Go over lab technique.
+| We wanted to go over the pGLO lab technique and properly inform team members of all safety procedures.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Meeting Overview
-|  Aseptic technique, review pGLO lab.
+| We reviewed the aseptic technique and the pGLO lab and went over how to clean a Bunsen Burner (if metal use plastic loop).
-How to clean with a Bunsen Burner(if metal use plastic loop).
 |-
 ! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
-| We accomplished the pGLO lab successfully without contamination and learned to make our own plasmids to put into bacteria.
+| We accomplished the pGLO lab successfully without contaminating the chemicals and learned to make our own plasmids to put into bacteria.
 |-
 |}
 ==February 3rd, 2014==
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
 |-
 ! width="140" | Mission Statement
-| Continue preparations for pGLO Lab.
+| We continued preparations for the pGLO Lab.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Meeting Overview
-| We continued preparations for the pGLO lab. Members reviewed how the the lab procedure and also reviewed how the plasmid would be affected during the process.
+| Members reviewed how the the lab procedure would be conducted and also reviewed how the plasmid would be affected during the process.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
-| There was a complication with the materials which didn’t allow us to do the lab at the next meeting.
+| There were shipping complications with the materials that prevented us from carrying out the lab. Thus, we had to do the lab next meeting.
 |-
 |}
 ==February 20th, 2014==
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
 |-
 ! width="140" | Mission Statement
-| We changed the dynamics of iGEM and administered the lab practical.
+| We changed the dynamics of iGEM by facilitating team bonding activities. Furthermore, we administered the lab practical.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Meeting Overview
-|  We collected t-shirt money, and Robert gave a speech on dynamics. There was a Q&A session about the lab practical and iGEM
+|  We collected t-shirt money which provided the funding for our materials, and Robert gave a speech on dynamics which gave constructive criticism and promoted better cooperation within the team. There was a Q&A session about the lab practical and iGEM.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
-| Prepare for pGLO lab
+| We prepared for pGLO lab once again by gathering materials and reviewing the lab.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Other Notes
-|   Shoprite bagging in March
+| It should be noted that ShopRite bagging is taking place in March. We also needed to take the yearbook soon and noted that the meetings were mandatory.
-Need to take yearbook photo soon.
-Meetings are mandatory.
 |-
 |}
 ==March 7th, 2014==
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
 |-
 ! width="140" | Mission Statement
-| We finished the pGLO lab today. We organized the operations team.
+| We finished the pGLO lab today. Additionally, we also organized the Operations team by designating tasks among logistics, tech, and science factions.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Meeting Overview
-| We formatted team organization, finalize acne project description, and administered the practice lab documentations. Board member headshots were also taken.
+| We formatted the team organization, finalized acne project description, and administered the practice lab documentations. Board member profile pictures for the team Wiki page were also taken.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
-| We started DNA ligation lessons and researched more on the acne project.
+|We started DNA ligation lessons and researched more on the acne project.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Other Notes
-|   We started website structure.
+|We started website structure, headed by the Systems Manager.
 |-
 |}
 ==March 14th, 2014==
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
 |-
 ! width="140" | Mission Statement
-| We played an icebreaker to unify the team, went over lab results, and did post-lab calculations.
+| We played an icebreaker to unify the team, which included bonding over common interests, went over lab results, and did post-lab calculations.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Meeting Overview
-|  We went over t-shirt sizes, reviewed team members' names and favorite Pokemon, went over results from pGLO lab, counted number of colonies growing under UV light, and calculated transformation efficiency.
+|  We went over t-shirt sizes, reviewed team members' names and favorite Pokemon, went over results from pGLO lab, counted number of colonies growing under UV light, and calculated the transformation efficiency.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
@@ Line 176: / Line 181: @@
 |-
 ! width="140" |Other Notes
-|   Although some students failed, they worked hard on the lab.
+| Although some students failed because of mislabeling and contamination, they worked hard on the lab.
 |-
 |}
 ==March 14th, 2014==
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
 |-
 ! width="140" | Mission Statement
@@ Line 195: / Line 199: @@
 |-
 ! width="140" |Other Notes
-|   Although some students failed, they worked hard on the lab.
+| Lab results turned out to be rather favorable despite the failed attempts by some of the students.
 |-
 |}
 ==March 21th, 2014==
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
 |-
 ! width="140" | Mission Statement
-| Learn about DNA Ligation
+| We aimed to learn about DNA Ligation.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Meeting Overview
-|  We received a lesson on DNA Ligation from Mr.Resch.
+|We received a lesson on DNA Ligation from Mr.Resch, detailing the scientific aspects including sticky ends, blunt ends, and restriction enzymes among others.
 |-
 |}
 ==April 4th, 2014==
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
 |-
 ! width="140" | Mission Statement
-| Continue research on project.
+| We continued research on project.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Meeting Overview
@@ Line 225: / Line 229: @@
 ==April 11th, 2014==
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
 |-
 ! width="140" | Mission Statement
-| We had a presentation of mathematical modeling by Dr.Fishman.
+| We had a presentation of mathematical modeling by Dr. Fishman, our school's AP calculus teacher
 |-
 ! width="140" |Meeting Overview
-|  Dr. Fishman came to for an overview of mathematical modeling.
+| Dr. Fishman came to the meeting for an overview of mathematical modeling by introducing differential equations, differentiation, and logarithmic functions.
-R&D researched further for an enzyme that would break down fatty acids.
+Also, R&D researched further for an enzyme that would break down fatty acids.
 |-
@@ Line 241: / Line 245: @@
 ==May 30th, 2014==
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%; height:200px;"
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%; height:200px;"
 |-
 ! width="140" | Mission Statement
-| Refine the Team Wiki and order the materials for our project.
+| We wanted to refine the Team Wiki and order the materials for our project.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Meeting Overview
-|  Board Members and other juniors gathered to finalize the wiki page as well as take care of materials. We all continued researching promoters and ribosome binding sites for our project.
+|  Board Members and other juniors gathered to finalize the Wiki page as well as take care of materials. We all continued researching promoters and ribosomal binding sites for our project.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
-| Continue progressing through the steps needed to finalize the project and synthesize our desired protein.
+| We continued progressing through the steps needed to finalize the project and synthesize our desired protein.
+|-
+|}
+==June 2nd, 2014==
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+|-
+! width="140" | Mission Statement
+| We administered t-shirts, and went over ideas and further planning.
+|-
+! width="140" |Meeting Overview
+|  We distributed team t-shirts, went over upcoming deadlines, brainstormed poster ideas, and began planning the layout for the poster.
+|-
+! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
+| We will assign tasks for the poster to different members as well as begin working on the poster.
 |-
 |}
 ==June 14th, 2014==
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%; height:200px;"
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%; height:200px;"
 |-
 ! width="140" | Mission Statement
-| To make as much progress on the wiki as well as the poster.
+| We aimed to make as much progress on the Wiki as well as the poster.
 |-
 ! width="140" |Meeting Overview
@@ Line 264: / Line 282: @@
 |-
 ! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
-| Continue to finalize the wiki and poster.
+| Our first priority was to continue to finalize the Wiki and poster.
+|-
+|}
+==June 16th, 2014==
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+|-
+! width="140" | Mission Statement
+| We grew culture cells and did lab prep in addition to working on the team website.
+|-
+! width="140" |Meeting Overview
+|  Team members grew cells in culture tubes and worked in parallel with starting the mini prep. We know that this is out of protocol but we decided to take a two-pronged approach in order to increase efficiency as deadlines are rapidly approaching. Additionally, other team members worked on sorting through team photos and editing/contributing to the team wiki. In terms of the presentation, voice-overs were recorded today and we began editing the final presentation.
+|-
+! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
+| We will continue with the mini prep and move on to restriction digestion if possible.
+|-
+|}
+==June 17-18th, 2014==
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+|-
+! width="140" | Mission Statement
+| Our goals are to both finish the lab, and the poster/video presentations.
+|-
+! width="140" |Meeting Overview
+|  Team members finished the mini prep, restriction digestion, ligation,and transformation. We have finally achieved our finished product!We're very excited to test it out tomorrow. Additionally, members completed our poster while our video editing team has finished the video presentation. We have begun preparations to ship the poster out by this weekend and are excited to finally showcase all the work we've done this year!
+|-
+! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
+| Study final project by testing it under UV light. Additionally, we will ship the poster next meeting.
+|-
+|}
+==June 19th, 2014==
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+|-
+! width="140" | Mission Statement
+| Our goal was to finish up the transformation, incubate the cell cultures and make progress on the video/poster.
+|-
+! width="140" |Meeting Overview
+|  Team members finished the transformation and even dedicated their time during final examinations. We have finally achieved our finished product and it only pends evaluation the next day. Now we turn our sights onto the website and poster presentation, in order to finish up all work for the season
+|-
+! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
+| Study final project by testing it under UV light. Additionally, we will ship the poster next meeting.
+|-
+|}
+==June 20th, 2014==
+{| class="pure-table pure-table-bordered" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
+|-
+! width="140" | Mission Statement
+| Our goals are to evaluate the cell cultures and make our final conclusions for the season
+|-
+! width="140" |Meeting Overview
+|  Team members evaluated the growth of cell cultures under UV light. Unfortunately, we found that our mechanism was ultimately a failure, as not a single colony displayed the GFP we had put as the signaling molecule
+|-
+! width="140" |Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting
+| Finish up the poster and presentation with correct information.
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